Air-Catching Corvette

No Photoshop. No George Lucas movie I magic. Just a little airtime. “It’s my C6 Corvette track car with four wheels off the ground over ‘the jump’ at Grattan,” writes Matt Brooke. “The car is a 2005 Corvette Z51, gutted and caged for HPDE events where I instruct with a group called 3 Balls Racing out of the Detroit area. We run open track events at Grattan, GingerMan, Mid-Ohio and Pitt Race.”

As Matt explains, he built the car for fun, safety and reliability. “The Corvette has a very well-built cage, aluminum race seats and harnesses for safety; a cammed LS2 with all of the necessary coolers; and 14-inch Wilwood brakes for reliable stopping power. It’s built so that I could go wheel-to-wheel racing, but for now I’m having fun just doing open track events.”

That is and looks SOOOO much faster than the 1:36 that I can muster in the old 5.0. You appear to run a much smoother line.

I can't wait to get my real shocks on to see if it helps my confidence and lap times.

Who misses the dip on the inside before the front straight, that used to be good for some seriously stuffed tire and subsequent drift action. I personally don't miss it, neither does my left front tire that would rub way too far up in the fender.